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Subject: Randy!


Author:
EmmSea
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Date Posted: 05:00:18 10/06/08 Mon
I've just read Chapter 58.

Sigh ... Randy gets (albiet unintentionally - or maybe not!) dumped on again!! This is really becomming a 'nice guys finish last' story. 'Tho I have confidence - maybe that should be hopes - that all will work out in the end.

I really don't know how he copes, summoned when support is needed (in whatever form that may be), then given a pat on the head and sent on his way like a dog that has done well.

Although I detect a note of resentment is his demeanour in this chapter, or maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part!

I'm still enjoying the story, but nowhere near as much as the previous stories. I started off really liking Crystal Myleigh and Nicole. However over the last bunch of chapters, I'm not so sure!

Emm

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Subject: Leadville, CO


Author:
Frank
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Date Posted: 07:33:15 10/01/08 Wed
So Crystal is crossing paths with Rocinante. It is a beautiful area, and Ski Cooper has an interesting history as a training facility for the US Army 10th Mountain Division. When I lived in Colorado Springs back in the late 1990's, it was an easy day trip for skiing to go to Leadville, and there weren't any lift lines there. The "lodge" didn't have lodging, but it was a nice family oriented place. If you got your lift tickets at the supermarket, it was pretty affordable.

Sounds like Crystal has made her decision, and Randy isn't in it.

Best Regards,
Frank

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Subject: Absent Friend available in hardcopy


Author:
Wes Boyd
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Date Posted: 22:33:16 09/30/08 Tue
"Absent Friend" is now available in hardcopy through the store button on the website. I was going to hold off a little while longer and decided there was no point in it.

This gets me almost caught up with the hardcopies. Starting with Dawnwalker, hardcopies will be available about the time the book ends posting. This means that the hardcopy of Dawnwalker will be available the first week of November.

The Dawnwalker download promo is essentially over, although I will accept late comers for another few hours. Thanks to all that donated! I was expecting a lot fewer donations that I got, and I'm pretty close to blown away.

The thing that really gets to me is how many donations I received from all over the world. Lots from the US and Canada, of course, but also England, Australia, Iceland, South Africa, Germany and Norway come to mind and I'm sure I missed more than one. Thanks Everybody!!!

-- Wes

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Subject: Dawnwalker download promo ending


Author:
Wes
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Date Posted: 21:44:11 09/28/08 Sun
It's Sunday night, September 28 as I write this, and I just want to remind people that I will be cutting off the promotion on the Dawnwalker downloads on the 30th. I'm not going to split hairs if someone is located in a distant time zone, but the Dawnwalker downloads will be ending until about the time the book is completed. So, if you want to get an order in, do it!

I have to say that this promotion went a lot better than I ever dreamed it would. Thanks to everybody that placed orders, and I hope none of you were disappointed.

Just as a reminder, too, hardcopies of Dawnwalker will be available about the time the book wraps up November 7. A new book, Andromeda Chained, starts on November 10. It's a favorite of mine, even though it uses the most off the wall premise I've ever tried. I think you'll like it!

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Subject: Link to my site


Author:
Susan Crealock
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Date Posted: 12:30:34 09/25/08 Thu
Dear Mr. Boyd,
I have a new blog, Online Novels, (http://online-novels.blogspot.com/) with titles, links, and summaries of more than 300 free online novels, including four of yours. I see on your website that you have an "online book links" list and would very much appreciate your adding me to the list if you can.
Thank you.

Susan Crealock

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Subject: Score


Author:
Tucson
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Date Posted: 23:43:15 09/23/08 Tue
Crystal 2 Hockey team 0.

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Subject: Dawnwalker Download (no spoilers)


Author:
Buggage
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Date Posted: 17:36:41 09/13/08 Sat
Just finished, for the second time, reading the full Dawnwalker download. THANKS Wes, for deciding to make it available.

I don't want to "spoiler" so I won't go into details, but there are some inetersting twists and turns I hadn't expected. Nicely done. I'll have to check back on the forum to discuss some of em when you update to that chapter.

This, unfortunately, begs the question: If this is Book 1 of the "cycle", what can we expect timing-wise for future stories? This is my problem with finding a good series...I get engrossed in the stories and have little patience for waiting for more! :)

I fear I've become addicted to Spearfish Lake.... Some interesting parallels between SL and the small town I've returned to, where my dad's family is from. I really like what Mike McMahon says "The smartest ones return".

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Subject: Sorry


Author:
John
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Date Posted: 13:58:32 09/12/08 Fri
I'm sorry. I really messed that posting up. Some how my message ended up in the reply section.

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Subject: Divorce coming?


Author:
John
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Date Posted: 13:42:38 09/12/08 Fri

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Subject: Chapter 47


Author:
zoltantheduck
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Date Posted: 21:27:33 09/10/08 Wed
Ah, the demise of Nanci, just came about a bit quicker and not in the manner that we possibly expected.

At last she has nothing to hold her back, I'm expecting big things from her - probably in the prostitution or XXX film industries - just the thing to make Pete's heart burst with pride.

Of course she could also die from AIDS - oh well, as The Wanderer would say "Life goes on", or in Nanci's case, maybe not.

Regards.

ztd

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Subject: Runner's Moon now available in hardcopy


Author:
Wes
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Date Posted: 16:17:17 09/09/08 Tue
Runner's Moon is now available in hardcopy -- see "store" details. I haven't updated the store page yet but if you click on any of the Lulu buttons on the store page it will get you there.

Had a near miss today. I was going through the chapters getting set to send them up to SOL when I discovered that the chapter I had set up to go tonight, 47, was a repeat of 46. You can bet I changed it in a hurry. Stuff happens, after all.

I'm getting lots of response to the special offer, and had to redo the donation meter. Wow! Thanks, all!

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Subject: Special Donation Offer


Author:
Wes
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Date Posted: 21:11:23 09/07/08 Sun
First, the big news:

Effective immediately, I am announcing a special, one-time offer.<

For the month of September only, those who donate $25 or more through the Donation Page on the website will get a free download of the FULL version of Dawnwalker. For those of you who have been writing and saying that you can hardly wait for the next episode -- well, here you go! I only ask that you not make copies to pass along, and that you not hand out spoilers, especially here on the forum pages.

Due to the file size, I'm planning on sending the book in a zipped archive, but if you can't handle .zip, then specify "No Zip" in the "Purpose" section of the PayPal page.

This is the promotion that I planned to announce last weekend, but I got too wrapped up in getting the new book completed that I just couldn't tear my attention away enough to do the necessary preparation, which involved a much needed major rebuilding of the Store Page, to reflect the availablity of downloads and hardcopies.

I think I've mentioned it before, but can't recall if I've done it here -- but I'm pushing ahead on the hardcopy project. Runner's Moon should be available in hardcopy in the next week or so; doing the final paging is the next project on my list. Absent Friend should be available in hardcopy in early October.

Starting with the end of Dawnwalker, electronic downloads will be available for $5.00 apiece as has been past practice. However, I intend to have hard copies of Dawnwalker available in the same time frame, so you'll have it available to give as Christmas gifts, if you're so inclined. I'm planning on continuing that practice -- as a story gets within a couple chapters of the end on the site, I'll make both downloads and hard copies available.

Incidentally, I did finish the project I was working on, tentatively titled Bird in the Hand (at least till I think of something better). It's in typical first draft roughness, and I haven't even skimmed it over yet. It'll be a while before it's posted, which will give me plenty of time to work on it. I'm also planning a sequel, tentatively titled Bird in the Bush, which I'm planning on using for my National Novel Writing Month project in November. I have to admit that NaNo kind of feels like "amateur night" to me, but the motivation really worked for me last year so I'm going to take a swing at it again.

Dawnwalker will be coming to an end in early November, as I said. I just sent Andromeda Chained the next book to be posted for final proofing, and plan to have it all ready to go before I get involved in the November projects. I think you will like Andromeda Chained, but I will be the first to admit that it starts from the strangest premise that I've ever used for a novel. It's a very different book, and I think one of my best.

Oh, well, back to work. Well not exactly -- my wife is waiting for me to grill some steaks. Then, back to work!

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Subject: big blowup


Author:
Kirby Lambert
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Date Posted: 11:15:57 09/03/08 Wed
Actually we could see this coming. After all Crystal said that she would not stand by and let herself be blamed for Nanci's failure when it did happen. We all know that Crystal does not make threats she makes promises plus all of the clues were there that she was preparing for a fast get away because she was 99% sure how things would turn out. Crystal has been shown time and again by Pete that Jon is the "crown prince" and that Nanci is the perfect daughter that can do no wrong, while Crystal remains the wayward disapointment.

Having gone through much the same thing when I was growing up I can state from experience that it does not just come from suspicions about parentage. It will tend to happen any time an offspring does not fit the parental expected mold.

It will be interesting to watch the way things unfold.

Kirby

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Subject: Crystal's father


Author:
John
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Date Posted: 06:41:57 09/03/08 Wed
Just had a thought. Could it be that Pete is jealous of Crystal because she has the courage to do things outside the box?

John

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Subject: Crystal's departure


Author:
John
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Date Posted: 01:41:22 09/03/08 Wed
It is always sad to see the alienation of family members from their parents. Can't say that we didn't see this coming though. I wonder if Crystal's Dad(oops wrong word, don't really know what to call the stuffed shirt,) anyway I wonder if Peter will ever admit that most of the trouble with Nanci is of his making?

Crystals Mom should have realized that there was a parting of the ways coming when her daughter referred to her as a 'half friendly face.'

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Subject: Chapter 43


Author:
Joe
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Date Posted: 12:53:28 09/01/08 Mon
If Myleigh says to Crystal I need to get out of dodge, lets move up your trip to Buddha and Giselle's and I'll take a bus back to Ithaca. Randy could find himself with all three girl friends for the first time. Awkward to say the least.

We also have not heard of Myleigh's professional music. I would think the Album will be out soon.

Joe

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Subject: A busy weekend


Author:
Wes Boyd
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Date Posted: 12:16:11 09/01/08 Mon
Happy Labor Day to all you Americans reading this. Happy day to the rest of you!

The last episode of Absent Friend goes up on SOL tomorrow, and the first of Dawnwalker. For those of you that have been reading Dawnwalker on the website, this is not news, but for those of you coming in from SOL, this is a long coming of age story that wanders to many different places over a period of years. Dawnwalker is the longest book I've ever done and I haven't even let one get close to its size since. However, I've been getting very good comments on it, so I hope you will enjoy it. It is not complete on the website, Spearfish Lake Tales yet, but the story is considerbly further advanced. You're welcome to check it out there!

Dawnwalker is a pretty good book by itself, but it also provides the foundation for a whole series of books, five in all at the moment and possibly a sixth if I can figure out how to tell the story. You've got a lot of reading ahead of you.

On to other business:

To those regular readers on the website: I'm sorry about the late update last night. The long weekend had me screwed up and I had it in mind that it was Saturday until we were on the way to a race last night. The race ran considerably later than I expected -- I thought it started at 7:00 PM, but that was a preliminary and the main event didn't get going until close to 9:00, then there were fireworks and a two-hour drive to get home before I could get the post up. I headed for the computer as soon as I got in the door.

The race was pretty interesting. For those of you that are not short track racing fans, I'll describe it. It was a 200-lap enduro at Kalamazoo Speedway, which is a 3/8 mile track. The cars were all little four cylinder jobs, which might not sound all that interesting, but there were a lot of them -- 131 cars of the Escort/Cavalier sizes really fill a 3/8 mile track, even 3 cars wide. Then there are the rules: when there is an accident (and accidents are expected with that many cars on that small a track -- it's like watching a busy freeway at rush hour) they stop the race dead, no cautions or anything like that, get the driver out of the car, and leave the car in place! Yep, this turns it into a freaking madhouse! Oh, did I mention that they run the wrong way around the track, clockwise instead of the usual counterclockwise? Can you wonder why I had a ball?

An interesting sidelight to the late update: Today being the first of the month, I had a few administrivia things to do on the website, and discovered, much to my surprise, that yesterday was the best day in terms of hits that I've ever had on the site! The only thing I can figure is that a bunch of you must have been sitting there from about 9:30 EDT on hitting the site every few minutes to see if I'd updated. That's loyalty! I'm sorry I made you go through it, but it's kind of nice to know that people are anxious to read the next bit!

I was going to announce a new promotion this weekend, but I'm going to put it off for a bit -- maybe next weekend. I have been busy as all get-out, working on a new book. This is a milestone for me, since it's the first time since February that I've been able to keep up my own interest in a project past the first few pages. I'm at 160,000 words on this one and am getting close to the end, and going pretty well -- the race held me to 5,000 words yesterday, but I did 15,500 on Saturday and 11,500 on Friday, which is knocking them out, even for me. If I had another couple off days I could probably finish it up, but it will probably drag out until next weekend now. At that, I might drag it out -- my wife as agreed to not gripe at me about not mowing the lawn until I get the book done, so I'm tempted to hold off the last hundred words or so until the snow flies.

No -- I'll get it done as quickly as possible. I have to do these things while my interest holds. Sometimes it doesn't. I've got one book on the hard drive that is within 10,000 words of being done, and I pretty well know what they are, but I just can't force myself to sit down and write them. It's a darn good book, too. Go figure.

Anyway, I'm just procrastinating to keep from getting back to working on Bird in the Hand. I can still get a few thousand words done today, and that gets me closer to the end. Guess I'd better bite the bullet and go do it. Happy reading, all!

-- Wes

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Subject: Nanci


Author:
John
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Date Posted: 03:26:21 08/29/08 Fri
Hi,

I have a sinking feeling that Nanci will either get pregnant or be on drugs long before her sister graduates. I also think that Pete will put all of the blame on Crystal.

This could be the start of a tremendous rift in the family.

Any thoughts?

John

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Subject: photos


Author:
John
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Date Posted: 10:57:03 08/26/08 Tue
Greetings again,

It seems to me that there are several reasons that Myleigh chose to put those three photos on her desk. First and foremost is that they are just excellent memories. Second, perhaps she feels the need for some courage boosting in her new situation, i.e. at the new school w/o her lions. However the third possibility is, to me, the most interesting. Could it be that she is using the photos to cast the Gauntlet, figuratively speaking, announcing that she is somewhat of a lion in her own right?

Just asking? What say you?

John

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Subject: Chapter 39


Author:
zoltantheduck
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Date Posted: 21:43:22 08/21/08 Thu
Hi,

After reading Chapter 39 and also John's remarks about Chapter 36, one has to wonder whether Myleigh will head back to Spearfish Lake after gaining her Masters to become part of the Jenny Easton Band.

As Wes has already written that Crystal had a good chat with Tiffany Archer, could we see her back in Spearfish Lake as a part-time teacher and tour guide for, oh, let's call it "Spearfish Lake Sled-Dog Tours"?

We know that Nicole will probably also head back to be a teacher, so might this not put Randy and the girls into a Love Square/Tripod similar to Lazlo's "The Millionaire Next Door", though without the girl/girl connotations?

Gives us something to think about.

Regards.

ztd

ps .B, any more of those Karl Larson stories in the planning stages yet?

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Subject: Dawnwalker


Author:
Rick Jones
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Date Posted: 09:00:23 08/21/08 Thu
Wes
I am a dawnwalker junkie and I know you are writing as fast as possibLe but you are killing me with the postings.
P.S. I BELIEVE I HAVE READ ALL OF YOUR POSTED BOOKS AND LOVED ALL OF THEM.

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Subject: Chapter 36


Author:
John
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Date Posted: 07:55:16 08/15/08 Fri
Hi,
Since Myleigh will be in Spearfish Lake for the summer, it is my thought that Jennifer just might like to help the girl out also; by having her do some Harp work on a recording or two.

Something like that would provide residuals, that would go a long way to helping Myleigh with her fiscal problems.

What do you think?

John

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Subject: Dawn Walker 35


Author:
Bill
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Date Posted: 23:33:34 08/12/08 Tue
After reading chapter thirty five, a saying by my grandmother
popped up " There is not a lot to see in a small town, but you hear makes up for it".

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Subject: Busted Axle Road now available in hardcopy


Author:
Wes
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Date Posted: 14:00:10 08/12/08 Tue
I just finished uploading Busted Axle Road to Lulu.com, so it's now available for order. I haven't actually checked out the proof copy but it ought to be all right. It's available for $24.95 at http://stores.lulu.com/spearfishlaketales along with Rocinante, The Next Generation and Snowplow Extra.

I haven't totally firmed it up in my own mind, but at the moment I'm considering doing Runner's Moon early in September and Absent Friend in early October, so that I will be able to make a hardcopy version of Dawnwalker available right around the time it ends up being posted on the site, even though it will still be being posted on SOL and BTFH.

While I've got several books in the queue waiting to be posted, I haven't been very productive writing in the last few months. But, the last week or so I've been able to make progress on a new Spearfish Lake book. No name yet and much is coming together, but at least I'm actually getting something done.

-- Wes

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Subject: All of your stories


Author:
Chatles
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Date Posted: 13:27:19 08/07/08 Thu
Wes,
I have read, or am currently reading all of the stories you posted on line, and I appreciate the opportunity to read nice clean stories. But they are about as exciting as a financial report in the Wall Street Journal. Lots and lots of facts from every angle and viewpoint, but no drama. This is not a complaint. Just my observation.
Regards,
Charles

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Subject: Dawnwalker - WOW


Author:
GComyn
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Date Posted: 10:13:54 07/25/08 Fri
Wow.... just as good as the others... I've read them all by now, and this is just as engrossing....

The only problem I have is....... it's coming too slowly!! *gryn*...

but at least it's on a set schedule.. so I know when I can read the next... not like some, when you don't know when the next chapter is going to be seen.

Thanks for sharing these stories with us...

GComyn

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Subject: Sad song


Author:
Tucson
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Date Posted: 01:09:24 07/21/08 Mon
OK now the title of the story is revealed. Your writing is so descriptive that I set here with the feeling I am in the room with them. I find I am waiting and counting the minutes till your next chapter is posted. Thanks for the work you put into your stories. My daughter is teaching english in high school and she is hooked also. It is refreshing to read a story for adults but without the graphic sex.

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Subject: Chap 25 - Note: possible spoilers


Author:
Lew
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Date Posted: 23:02:40 07/20/08 Sun
1: Wonder why Randy didn't tell Myleigh the stage name Jennifer sings under? Maybe he just doesn't like to be a name dropper?

2: Just a side comment; The "Yooper" acccent sure gives my spell checker a fit (G). Nothing but red squggly lines everwhere LOL

Really enjoying the story and look forward to each chapter as it's posted.

Lew

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Subject: Chapter 24


Author:
jayess
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Date Posted: 07:09:19 07/18/08 Fri
I'm enjoying this as much as any of your other books.

I'm just wondering what will happen after Crystal meets Tiffany (and please don't say that they aren't going to meet)!

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Subject: chapter 22


Author:
The Mage
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Date Posted: 21:17:13 07/15/08 Tue
Hello again Wes,

I certainly didn't expect the turn of events that this chapter brought. It does appear that the plan of Crystal's Mom has gone astray. What will Peter's fear bring forth in the future, I wonder? And what of her siblings, will they fear their sister now?

Thanks for another great chapter.

The Mage

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Subject: great chap.


Author:
The Mage
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Date Posted: 03:37:45 07/11/08 Fri
Hey Wes,

Yet another great chapter! I must say that I really feel bad for the males in Crystal's family. They wouldn't know what fun was if it reared up and bit them in the butt. What a dull Life!!!!

Again I am truly enjoying this Novel.

The Mage

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Subject: Rod or Ben?


Author:
Ken Slauson
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Date Posted: 22:33:32 07/07/08 Mon
I'm enjoying Dawnwalker a lot, but I'm confused in Chapter 19. Is the character Rod Turpin, or Ben? Seems like you call him by both names.

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Subject: ch 17


Author:
Joseph Beecher
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Date Posted: 00:00:07 07/02/08 Wed
It looks like an interesting summer for Randy. It certainly fits better than running a chipper all week long, I am looking folward to reading about his life in Spear Fish Lake, Tennessee, and Marquette this summer.

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Subject: Randy and Crystal


Author:
Jayess
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Date Posted: 03:04:25 06/27/08 Fri
We've seen that Randy has done 'marital arts' with Crystal but didn't think it was public knowledge at NMU. Is that a typo for 'martial arts'?

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Subject: "Snowplow Extra" and "The Next Generation" now available in hardcopy!


Author:
Wes Boyd
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Date Posted: 21:17:41 06/26/08 Thu
Putting out the question of which book to put out next in hardcopy got a little frustrating. "Snowplow Extra" and "The Next Generation" ran just about neck and neck throughout the whole process.

Well, rather than frustrate anybody, I decided to put out both of them! I took the time to go through the squawk lists I've gotten from devoted readers and made a few changes, and ran them through a spell check again just on general principles.

Both books are now available from my store page on Lulu.com.

"Busted Axle Road" will be next but it probably will be a while.

-- Wes

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Subject: Dawnwalker


Author:
Frank
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Date Posted: 14:39:36 06/21/08 Sat
Well, I'm enjoying Dawnwalker in spite of my 'discomfort' about parts of it. I feel like Crystal's father (the one that raised her) has got a bum rap. He's provided the 2 parent home in spite of the circumstances... pretty heroic thing to do... assuming he knows or figured it out... and circumstances seem pretty obvious. Looks like he gets reminders regularly, so if he seems to favor her sibling, is he that bad a guy?

The way the story started, I almost didn't continue with it... seemed too trashy.

All that aside, I'm enjoying the development of the main story line and it's characters. Thanks for taking the time to post.

Best Regards,
Frank

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Subject: Runner's Moon ends on SOL


Author:
Wes Boyd
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Date Posted: 21:37:13 06/03/08 Tue
Runner's Moon ended today on SOL. A new story (to there), Absent Friend, begins Friday.

-- Wes

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Subject: Have you considered putting your books onto CDs?


Author:
Amanda
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Date Posted: 22:58:05 05/29/08 Thu
I would love to be able to download the full versions. However the only computer we have that can connect to the internet is a dinosaur and doesn't have enough memory or hard disk space to download. I'd definitely be willing to pay a reasonable amount plus shipping and handling to get the pdfs on CD. That way I could re-read a favorite whenever I like, and save a tree and shelf space too.

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Subject: Rocinante now available from Lulu.com


Author:
Wes Boyd
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Date Posted: 22:42:05 05/29/08 Thu
Over the last several months, a number of people have asked me when I'm going to pursue getting my books in print, or why I haven't done something with Lulu.com or a similar outfit. Well, I did.

This letter is to announce that as of today, Rocinante is available for $24.95 from http://stores.lulu.com/spearfishlaketales

This is a deal directly between Lulu and you. Lulu accepts Paypal and various credit cards -- Mastercard, VISA, and the like. There is a shipping charge that I assume varies depending on your location.

Just to refresh your memory, the book description is "An Aerial Adventure! The only thing that kept Mark going in Vietnam was his plan to spend some time wandering the country by air, like barnstormers did 50 years before. In the last days before leaving, he acquires a partner -- a tall, morose girl named Jackie. They spend months on their coast to coast aerial odyssey, falling in love along the way while having adventures that will turn into memories for a lifetime." The book is softcover, and runs 356 pages.

Now you have a book available in "dead tree" format that you can pass around among your non-internet-enabled friends, use as a gift, or whatever.

I'm really looking forward to seeing how this works out. If sales of Rocinante justify I'm planning on putting the other completed books on the http://www.spearfishlaketales.com website out in hardcopy on a fairly rapid schedule. Like a lot of things about Spearfish Lake Tales, "We'll see how it goes," is how a lot of things get done.

One of the things that's up in the air is the book that I'll be putting out next, so here's your chance for some input! The next book just about is going to have to come from Snowplow Extra, The Next Generation or Busted Axle Road, but I'm not sure which one I want. So, I'm accepting votes, from now until I make up my mind. Just reply to this e-mail with the one you would like -- you can get to my e-mail by clicking on my name in the upper left hand corner of this message.

Even though I'm putting Rocinante into print, Spearfish Lake Tales is still a donation website. I really appreciate all the donations and download orders I've received over the last several months. Donations are sort of the writer's version of a dude playing a guitar on the street corner. They're what keeps the site going and new stuff coming -- and after all, it's not like you've spent money on a book only to be disappointed in it. You can donate by clicking on the dude with the guitar on the website, or the "Donation" button.

Downloads of all completed books, including Rocinante will still be available at $5.00 apiece. Just click on "Store" on the Spearfish Lake Tales website to make your order.

If you haven't visited Spearfish Lake Tales recently, a new story started Monday -- Dawnwalker. "College and the years just afterwards are pivotal for many people, having adventures and establishing their lives. It was especially true for Randy Clark and his three girl friends. They are very different people facing very different futures. Can their special friendship survive the problems and distances of the real world?" I think you will like Dawnwalker. It is a long book and it will be updated for a while, but we're not so far into it that you can't catch up quickly.

Happy reading!

-- Wes

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Subject: Dawnwalker starts


Author:
Wes Boyd
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Date Posted: 16:34:17 05/25/08 Sun
What with getting "Dawnwalker" started posting tonight, I've been thinking for a few days that it's time to get to work on a new project. Actually, I've got a major project that's maybe three quarters done, but I just haven't felt like working on it. I've had a couple ideas for other things, but really haven't been able to get a handle on them.

Being Memorial Day weekend (in parts of the US, anyway) you would figure that I would have a little extra time to develop these kinds of things, but it's not happening this weekend. Friday night, Kathy and I went to a School Bus figure 8 race. She and I like to watch racing, and watching school buses in a figure 8 race is a hoot, to say the least. You may not realize it but school buses are pretty tough -- they're not made of aluminum foil. We watched a similar race last fall in which two buses were turned on their sides. They came out with this great big front loader, rolled the buses back on their wheels, and they finished second and third. There was a bit more destruction on Friday night but it was still fun.

Then yesterday, Kathy had a number of errands for us to do in a nearby town, followed by a retirement party for some woman she'd worked with. "If we're going to that I think we ought to go to the races while we're up there." So, guess what, there we were, doing local short track races the second night in a row.

Now, today we have the Indianapolis 500 and the Whatever the heck it is 600 in Charlotte. I doubt that I'm going to get much done today. And I won't get much done tomorrow morning -- the local American Legion would send out a hit squad if I missed the local Memorial Day activities. Then I've got a guy coming to work on the satellite dish tomorrow afternoon. So, whatever happens, getting anything useful done this weekend is pretty unlikely.

One good thing out of this is that on the way back from the race last night I happened to mentally re-examine one angle on a story I'd been kicking around a while back, and thought of a way to make it work on its own, rather than as a part of the story I had been considering. At least now I have a bright idea to kick around.

Dawnwalker, the story that starts tonight, started something like that. It started as a short story of about 8,000 words, which is an awkward size, but at least got me writing after a dry spell. That turned out to be a false start but helped me to define who the story was going to be about. Within days, I'd blocked out a few chapters of a new start, and got going.

When I started Dawnwalker, I didn't have any idea where I was going. Well, I shouldn't say that; I knew where it was ending up but I didn't have much idea of how I was going to get there. About all I knew was that I wanted to write a big, complicated doorstopper of a novel. Well, I did; it was 383,000 words at the end of the first draft, although I've done quite a bit of trimming and honing on it since; it's currently about 340,000.

The heck of it was that when I finished, there were several places where there were loose ends that cried to be cleaned up. Before the winter was over with, I had one of those loose ends crying for attention, so I finally went ahead and wrote the story. That wasn't even the most glaring loose end; it took me some thinking before I worked out how I wanted to take care of that. And so on . . . there are currently five books in what I've taken to calling the "Dawnwalker Cycle", and a sixth one needs to be written. I've made a couple false starts at that, but there is so much backstory needed that I've having trouble with it. The Dawnwalker Cycle is now over a million words and it isn't done yet.

I don't plan on posting the Dawnwalker Cycle consecutively, for a number of reasons. While I consider it a separate story line, the Dawnwalker Cycle is still more or less a Spearfish Lake story. Major parts of three of the six books (including the tentative story line for the sixth book) are set in Spearfish Lake to a greater or lesser degree; Spearfish Lake people play important parts in two of the others. I will admit that in one of the six Spearfish Lake isn't even mentioned, but I don't think you'll notice it much. But the Dawnwalker Cycle books tend to intermingle with story lines of the "regular" Spearfish Lake stories, so I want to let those stories develop in order without laying out many spoilers. For example, Jennifer Evachevski plays an important part in one of the books, but we haven't met her since Busted Axle Road and there are things that have to happen with her in another book first. I've got it figured out how to do it, but we have to do it in proper order.

I have to admit that setting a portion of the book at Northern Michigan University reflects the fact that my daughter went there for a while, so it was a handy place to reach out to for color. However, persons or events related there are fictional (like everything else in this book), and bear no relationship to the truth. The same thing holds true for the Grand Canyon, which plays a part in all of the Dawnwalker Cycle books. The geography of the Grand Canyon is real (except for one key place which I made up), but all persons, companies, events, and the like are fictional, except where clearly stated as accepted history.

"Dawnwalker" proved to be the most expensive book I've ever written, mostly because while I was writing it, I got hooked on the Grand Canyon. I spent a lot of time researching the canyon, but online research proved to be not enough, so not long after I finished the first draft I signed up for a $2500 trip down the canyon. I never imagined I would ever take a vacation that expensive and not take my wife along. Let me tell you, that's the most awesome scenery on the face of the earth. My Grand Canyon trip experience showed up quite a bit in the revisions of Dawnwalker, and in the follow-up books. It was worth the money; I'd like to do it again some time.

Anyway, since I'm losing the evening to NASCAR, I'm going to put the first post up a little early tonight. I hope you all enjoy Dawnwalker. I've enjoyed it a lot so far.

-- Wes

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Subject: source of a quote?


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bobp
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Date Posted: 14:57:54 05/23/08 Fri
Hi, I'm new here, so sorry if this question has been asked. Can someone tell me the source of the quote in TNG Ch 9

"And one day we must begin our own great explorations. No longer will we find a hand to hold us, or a voice to call us back."

It sounds familiar but I can't place it.

Thanks

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Subject: Absent Friend


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Tucson
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Date Posted: 00:04:28 05/16/08 Fri
Damn this story brings chills, tears and memories. My dog tags hang next to the mirror where I shave every morning. The P38 is still with them and I supose still would open a can of those wonderful eggs. I live very close to the Bell helicopter plant and when I hear several of them fly over together my stomach does a flip.
Wonderful story
Tucson

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Subject: A tough week


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Wes
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Date Posted: 23:40:15 05/15/08 Thu
This has been one heckuva week.

It started early Monday, when the phone went off about oh-dark-thirty with a call from my daughter. "Mom, Dad, I figured I'd better call before you got up and turned the TV on. We've had a little earthquake here but Dan and I are all right, there's nothing to worry about."

My daughter teaches English at the university level in Chengdu, China. Knowing her, if she called us like she did, things were a little worse than she let on.

So there was no chance of any more sleep, so my wife and I got up with the intention of flipping on CNN, rather than the local news. Since we live out in the country, this means satellite. So, we turned on the satellite box to discover it was on the fritz. Lovely timing, that. I got around and headed into town for breakfast, while my wife called the satellite company to complain.

I had my usual hectic Monday and Tuesday at work. In the process I got further word from the daughter and her English boy friend. It appears that they were fairly lucky in that they're in a newer part of the city, which wasn't beat up as bad as several of the surrounding smaller towns. Still, the Chinese have a major mess on their hands and I'm grateful that my daughter wasn't more affected than she was.

I got home Tuesday evening to discover that the guys from the satellite company were there. These bozos said the problems wasn't the receiver, but the wiring in the house, which I thought was so much BS. However, since the satellite wiring was their problem, they decided they'd rewire the place. I had a great deal of trouble getting through to these boneheads, since their idea of wiring was to just lay the wires right across the floor, and I was not about to deal with that. It turned out that I had to stand over them continually to keep them from doing an unacceptable job, and they still managed to louse up the terminal wiring on four out of four TVs. So finally everything got done, and we checked out the system. Sure enough, one satellite receiver was on the fritz, the one we'd told them about in the beginning. Now they're supposed to bring another one tomorrow. Cripe, I hope they send someone else, but I'm not holding my breath.

I was just lucky to remember that I had an upload when I got those jokers out of here Tuesday evening.

Things have slowed down a little the rest of the week, but there have been plenty of other things going wrong. Then, this morning, just to cap things off I had a dentist appointment. Some weeks it just doesn't pay to get out of bed Monday morning, and this was one. Somehow I've got to get my mind back on writing.

This weekend I've got to do a little messing around with the website to get set up for the new book. "Absent Friend" ends on Monday. At the moment, I plan on putting up a short story on Wednesday as a filler -- it's actually a chapter that was cut from Busted Axle Road. I'm not planning on archiving this story at the moment, so you'll have to catch it while it's up. However, to give you a little better chance I won't be making any update on Friday, May 23.

Then, on Monday, May 26, the new story will start -- "Dawnwalker". I think you're going to like this book -- it's one of my favorites. It's set partly in Spearfish Lake, but with a mostly new cast of characters. It's mostly a "coming of age" story about a guy and his three girlfriends getting through college and established in their very different lives. It's a long story, and we'll be with it for months. At that, it's the first of six inter-related books, the last of which hasn't been completed yet.

I want to take the time to thank all of you that have stuck with me through "Absent Friend". Readership and response have been down on this book, as have donations. I think I understand why; it's a little different than some of my other books, which tend to be pretty upbeat, but apparently I didn't manage that as well as I thought I had. Of course, the whole Vietnam experience is still a sensitive issue with a lot of people, and especially so in recent years -- and the book is, if anything -- about getting over it. Oh, well, live and learn.

-- Wes

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Subject: Argh


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Lisa
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Date Posted: 10:21:05 05/14/08 Wed
What a cliff hanger. I got to the end of this chapter and nearly banged my head against the desk in frustration...

Super post Wes. Can't wait for Fri to see the next. I considered getting the download to assuage my curiosity but decided that a little anticipation won't be a bad thing.

Oh boy oh boy, can't wait for Friday.

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Subject: comment


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The Mage
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Date Posted: 00:55:16 05/14/08 Wed
Hey Wes,

I have to admit that this story started slowly for me but NOW I'm hooked! It is a good story and I await each new installment eagerly.

Thanks and keep up the good work.

The Mage

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Subject: AF Download


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Allen
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Date Posted: 06:09:20 05/13/08 Tue
Wes - WOW WOW WOW

Your complete down load of AF was waiting for me when I woke up this morning, thank you for the fast service. You completly destroyed my morning! Lucky I didn't have to teach this morning.

I was really wondering how you were going to end it and you did it so beautifully! I find in most fiction on the net the ending is what most authors have problems with, but not you.

Thanks for a wonderful body of work in Spearfish Tales, please keep it up as long as you can.

What's next?

Allen

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Subject: Chaps 45, 46


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Lew
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Date Posted: 22:29:48 05/11/08 Sun
It just keeps getting better and better!!!

Steve seems to excell at thinking outside the box, for sure.


Lew

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Subject: Enjoyment


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Lisa
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Date Posted: 09:46:44 05/11/08 Sun
Wes, Just wanted to say thank you for another enjoyable read. The journey from Rocinate to this has provided many hours of enjoyment for this avid reader.

Thanks for all your hard work.

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Subject: Wes' Books


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GComyn
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Date Posted: 12:57:41 05/06/08 Tue
I've only read 'Busted Axel Road', but I really liked it, and have started 'Runner's Moon'... now that I've found the other books, I intend to read them as well...

Wes, you are a very good writer, and although it is not in the genre that I usually read (SF/Fan), it is a delightful read.

GComyn

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Subject: Chapter 40 + Story as a whole


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Date Posted: 14:09:30 05/05/08 Mon
Excellent story! One I would have never seen in "dead tree format," 'cause they would have shelved in a part of the bookstore or library my shadow is unlikely to darken. . .

The last line of chapter 40 with Binky promising to not only think about going but to pray about it, was a masterstroke fully in keeping with both her Catholic and Baptist connections. Made my eyes go all leaky. . .

Wes is a very good writer: The "auto-editor" in my head hardly ever kicks in revising an awkward phrase or whatever, which is a rare thing indeed in on-line literature. I guess a lot of that is that way fewer people get their fingers in the text than in the dead-tree world.

I suppose what hooked me is Mike: He is about my age, and, if I hadn't been seduced by computers (rare in the early '70s, I'll admit) I would have gone to Journalism school. . .

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Subject: Chap 35 & 36


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Lew
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Date Posted: 10:43:55 04/30/08 Wed
Getting into the meat of things now. While not haveing served in the Armed Forces (Due to Medical deferment), I remember talking to my brother-in-law who was in-country all of 1963, and the images you show of Saigon matches those he talked of. Keep it coming, I look forward to my thrice a week fix.

Lew

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Subject: Absent Friend Ch27


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jayess
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Date Posted: 08:58:31 04/21/08 Mon
Don't be too concerned about the lack of response so far. You seem to be mainly filling in the gaps of what we know from other stories - mainly Busted Axle Road - and we know where its going.

There may be more response once we get to unknown territory - ie. past the end of Busted Axle Road and into the hole in the middle of Runner's Moon.

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Subject: Story time periods


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Date Posted: 00:07:32 04/09/08 Wed
I have been trying to get an idea of each story and the dates that each story covers. Some of the stories have dates that the story spans but not all. Perhaps you can help me with dates.
Love the stories

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Subject: Absent Friend


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count Florida
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Date Posted: 23:41:55 04/02/08 Wed
Great story, exceptionally well written, which is to be expected if, as I suspect, you are a newsman/woman. Added to my library.

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Subject: 4/1/08: "The Next Generation" ends on SOL


Author:
Wes Boyd
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Date Posted: 22:00:50 04/01/08 Tue
"The Next Generation" ended on SOL today. I have had a huge response, all of it positive. Thanks all for your support!

A new story (to SOL) starts Friday "Runner's Moon". Of course, it's already been posted on http://www.spearfishlaketales.com so readers hopping over here from the blog button on SOL are welcome to come check it out, along with the story that's currently running on the web site! Come on over, and welcome aboard!

-- Wes

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Subject: Hope you all enjoy this. It seems to fit.


Author:
Lisa
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Date Posted: 09:58:33 03/27/08 Thu

http://watsonrules. com/reveille/ reveille. html

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Subject: Absent Friend ch. 5


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Greg B.
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Date Posted: 14:51:54 03/22/08 Sat
I think the description of the "welcome home" was one of the most moving passages you've ever written. It was the perfect hook into the Henry Toivo story, who was little more than a complication in the Kirsten/Mike story up until this point.

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Subject: thank u


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j
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Date Posted: 06:33:31 03/17/08 Mon
Oh happy day u started a new story boy I'm glad please eat more brain food and give us the stories there remember don't hold back give us what we all want

j

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Subject: March 17, 2007


Author:
Wes Boyd
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Date Posted: 00:11:35 03/17/08 Mon
I just uploaded the first take of "Absent Friend." This is, as I indicated earlier, the Henry Toivo story.

I first came up with the Henry Toivo story back in the early days of the Spearfish Lake tales, just as a complication for another story I was working on -- one that I probably will never post. Because it was part of Kirsten's background, I had to mention it when I discussed her in later books, but I didn't know what happened, either, and just let it go at that over the course of several books. I knew someday I was going to have to tell that story, but there were pieces of it that I couldn't work out.

I was working on another book that didn't pan out a good ten years after I dreamt up Henry, when once again I came to the question of Mike and Kirsten not being married, and I knew that I had to tell the story again. It clearly wanted to be a bigger part of the story than I'd let it be in earlier works, but I still didn't know what happened.

I honestly don't know if it came to me in a dream, or whether I was laying awake thinking about it, but all of a sudden, about four in the morning, the whole thing snapped into place. I threw on some clothes, headed down to the little hole in the corner of the shop where I do most of my writing and started typing out notes as fast as I could go. Yeah, I realized. This works!

I have two writing speeds: on and off. Sometimes it takes me a while to get the switch to on, but not this time. I threw the rough draft together in 19 days of working on it every second I could manage. At that I could have done it a little faster except for some irrelevancies, like work, an ice storm that took out power for two days, getting dragged off to a church dinner when I was right in the middle of the most dramatic scene in the book. Though the rough draft was indeed rough, I've cleaned it up over the years, and I'm pretty pleased with the outcome. I hope you will be, too.

Assuming nothing goes wrong, it'll take two months to get it all posted -- the last update is set for May 19. In case you're wondering, we'll move right on to the next book, which I've been reviewing today.

Once again, I want to thank everyone that donated to Spearfish Lake Tales through "Runner's Moon", purchased downloads, or just sent words of encouragement. Your thoughts are appreciated. When I wrote most of this stuff I mostly wrote it for my own pleasure, and it's heartwarming to know that other people enjoy it as well. Thanks, everybody.

-- Wes

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Subject: Interestin article from Anchorage paper


Author:
Lew
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Date Posted: 14:05:59 03/14/08 Fri
Here is an interesting article about the youngest woman to run in the Iditarod (Sound familiar) and her 30th place finish.


http://www.adn.com/iditarod/2008/story/344722.html


Lew

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Subject: March 14, 2008: 40 years -- How Did That Happen?


Author:
Wes Boyd
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Date Posted: 10:40:00 03/14/08 Fri
The newspaper where I work has a column by the woman that runs the local historical society, looking back at the community 40 years ago. She is not the world's greatest typist and her column requires a lot of editing. I was going over it today and came across a mention of a guy heading off to Vietnam back in 1968. That got me to thinking, then looking at the calendar -- and yes! How could I have forgotten?

Forty years ago today my butt was planked in the seat of a 707 enroute from Bien Hoa to Japan, and then San Francisco -- the "Freedom Bird" I'd looked forward to for so long. How could it have been forty years? What happened to the time? Where did it go? It can't have been that long . . . but I guess it has been. I remember well the cheers on that plane as we left the ground and headed off into the night sky leaving Vietnam behind us.

It seems like an appropriate time for "Absent Friend" to start Monday, although honestly, I didn't plan it that way.

That leads me to a story that I might as well tell now -- for it happened a day or two after that landmark day. I was single at the time, your typical trooper, with your typical trooper's interests. My girl friend had dumped me when I was in Vietnam, and I'd spent a lot of time in-country looking forward to getting back to the world to see what I could do about some feminine companionship, which means just exactly what you think it means. I had a mild dream of getting on the plane from San Francisco to Detroit, meeting a girl, and, well, you get the message.

So, I got on the plane, and I was in like Seat 34C. I walked down the aisle, and there in Seat 34B was this absolutely gorgeous blonde! I looked upwards and whispered, "Thank you, Lord."

Then I got a couple steps closer, and saw that this vision of lovliness had a small baby in her arms. I looked back upwards again and said, "Uh, check that."

This girl -- I no longer remember her name -- turned out to be on her way back from San Francisco, where she'd seen her husband off for the Far East aboard some Navy ship. She turned out to be a good sport; we spent a lot of time talking, and I tried to reassure her the best I could. And then, I voiced one concern. I knew my parents would be waiting for me when I got off the plane, and I wasn't in any mood for the big, emotional welcome home that I was dead sure I was going to get. Like I said, typical trooper. She sort of empathized with me.

So, when we got off the boarding ramp, she had one arm around me, and I had one around her and was carrying the baby with the other one. I will treasure for the rest of my life the look on my parent's faces that said, "What the hell has he done now that he hasn't told us about!?!"

-- Wes

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Subject: March 14, 2008: Runner's Moon Completed


Author:
Wes Boyd
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Date Posted: 23:20:31 03/13/08 Thu
I just uploaded the last chapter of Runner's Moon. I hope you enjoyed the book. I've had a number of people write and ask if I was going to continue with Josh and Tiffany. The answer is yes and no. We will meet them again in the future, but other than some cameos, not right away.

But there are other stories to tell, and I might as well tell them without too many spoilers getting involved.

I want to take this opportunity to again thank everyone that have made donations to Spearfish Lake Tales, and to those that have purchased book downloads of Runner's Moon and the other stories. Your generosity is appreciated. I really am warmed by knowing that people enjoy my work enough to donate or make purchases, and I hope you will continue to enjoy the stories that will come in the future.

The new story, "Absent Friends", starts Monday. There are a couple stories behind the story about that, but I'll post them after the first upload has been made. See you then!

-- Wes

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Subject: Made me think of Tiffany taking the dogs to school


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Lisa
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Date Posted: 20:14:50 03/12/08 Wed
Saw this in the newspaper today and immediately thought of Tiffany.

Thanks so much for your stories. They have brought a huge amount of pleasure to this reader.

http://www.reformer.com/headlines/ci_8542117

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Subject: Intertwined


Author:
Jonathan
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Date Posted: 16:39:03 03/10/08 Mon
From Chapter 3:
"Though she'd been living with Mike for fifteen years, they'd never married"

From Chapter 17:
"she and dad got married after living together for sixteen years"

From a Feb 29 Forum post by Wes:
"and then I'll be rolling over into the next book, 'Absent Friend.'"

Coincidence? Is he just enjoying dropping hints?
Wes - Was AF written before or after RM?

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Subject: Life imitates art?


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Lew
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Date Posted: 13:55:25 03/08/08 Sat
Milissa Owens running in this years Iditarod.

Owens, who turned 18 on Feb. 18, will be the youngest girl to run the Iditarod. Born and raised in Nome, she's still in high school there. She won the 2005 Jr. Iditarod. "Mushing is in my blood," she says.

Shows Wes isn't blowing smoke when he has an 18 Yr old girl (Tiff) run in the Iditarod

Lew

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Subject: Ch.16


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Kevin MacNeil
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Date Posted: 00:13:32 03/07/08 Fri
Up goes my BP again. Great chapter Wes. BTW There was a dog sled race here in Canada a week or so ago with a team from Jamaica running. Were you responsible for the Southern interest or did they confuse it with Bobsledding? Once again great story telling. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Kevin

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Subject: "Runner's Moon" Chap 16


Author:
Lew
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Date Posted: 23:24:35 03/06/08 Thu
I don't know... Seems even to me .

Lew

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Subject: Runners Moon Feedback


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Richard Atwater
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Date Posted: 19:32:26 03/05/08 Wed
Wes -

Just wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying your Spearfish Lake Tales. The characters are recognizable, real people, and I look forward to the next installment(s).

Thank You,

Richard

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